Double air gap-type surface permanent magnet synchronous motor provided with double controllers

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure relates to a double air gap surface permanent magnet synchronous motor with two controllers, and particularly, to a double air gap surface permanent magnet synchronous motor with two controllers, which doubles structures of a rotor and a stator to improve torque performance and has high efficiency and a high power density that satisfy an international efficiency class IE5 of International Electro-technical Commission (IEC) and solves failures by including individual controllers. According to an embodiment the present disclosure, a double air gap surface permanent magnet synchronous motor with two controllers, includes a first stator including first protrusions formed on a first inner circumferential surface, a first rotor including a first outer circumferential surface facing the first inner circumferential surface, first permanent magnets arranged on the first outer circumferential surface, a second rotor integrally connected to the first rotor to correspond to an inside of the first rotor and including a second inner circumferential surface, second permanent magnets arranged on the second inner circumferential surface, a second stator including second protrusions formed on a second outer circumferential surface formed to face the second inner circumferential surface, a partition wall portion formed at a boundary between the first rotor and the second rotor, a first controller for controlling a first winding wire wound around the first protrusions, and a second controller for controlling a second winding wire wound around the second protrusions.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a double air gap surface permanentmagnet synchronous motor with two controllers, and particularly, to adouble air gap surface permanent magnet synchronous motor with twocontrollers, which doubles structures of a rotor and a stator to improvetorque performance and has high efficiency and a high power density thatsatisfy an international efficiency class IE5 of InternationalElectro-technical Commission (IEC) and solves failures by includingindividual controllers.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

In general, a motor is a device that converts electrical energy intomechanical energy to obtain rotational power and is widely used not onlyin home electronic products but also in industrial equipment and islargely divided into a direct current (DC) motor and an alternatingcurrent (AC) motor.

That is, AC-DC motors are widely used in various industries as aproduction process is automated and becomes highly precise in order toimprove productivity.

A surface permanent magnet synchronous motor (SPMSM) includes a rotormade of permanent magnets and a stator consisting of an armature with awinding wire wound around a core and is classified as an SPMSM if ashape of a back electromotive force (EMF) generated when the motorrotates is a sine wave and is classified as a brushless direct current(BLDC) if the shape of the back EMF is a rectangular wave.

In addition, the motor is divided into an interior permanent magnet(IPM) motor in which permanent magnets are buried in a rotor coreaccording to an arrangement of the permanent magnets in a rotor, and asurface permanent magnet (SPM) motor in which the permanent magnets arearranged on a surface of the rotor core.

A conventional SPM motor will be described with reference to theaccompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a plan view illustrating an SPM motor according to theconventional art.

As illustrated in FIG. 1 , in a conventional SPM motor 10, a rotor 13 isinstalled to be rotatable by a shaft 14 with an air gap inside a stator12 on which a coil (not shown) is wound, and a plurality of permanentmagnets 15 are arranged on and fixed onto an outer circumferentialsurface of the rotor 13.

The stator 12 includes a plurality of teeth 12 b protruding at regularintervals on an inner circumferential surface of a yoke portion 12 ahaving a circular ring shape, and a coil (not illustrated) is wound foreach tooth 12 b to be fixed to a housing (not illustrated) of the motor10.

The rotor 13 is manufactured by stacking a plurality of silicon steelsheets, a shaft hole 13 a is formed in the center to be fixed throughthe shaft 14, a magnet mounting groove 13 b is formed along acircumference of an outer circumferential surface, and permanent magnets15 are inserted and fixed by pressing for each magnet mounting groove 13b.

When AC power is applied to a coil (not illustrated), a magnetic flux isgenerated in a direction perpendicular to the shaft 14 to rotate theconventional SPM motor 10, this rotational magnetic flux generates atorque in the rotor 13 due to a magnetic flux of the permanent magnets15 on a surface of the rotor 13, thereby rotating the rotor 13.

Meanwhile, as a climate change due to excessive greenhouse gas emissionis serious, a paradigm of energy policy is rapidly shifting by focusingon energy demand management, such as energy saving and improvement ofutilization efficiency to reduce the greenhouse gas emission.

A motor accounts for more than 54% of the total power consumption.

With the development of core technology of the motor, increases inperformance such as miniaturization, light weight, low noise, lowvibration, and high efficiency of the motor are steadily being made, andan increase in efficiency is continuously required as effective meansfor saving energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions according to anew climate agreement.

FIG. 2 illustrates an international efficiency class of theInternational Electro-technical Commission (IEC), and there is an urgentneed for an SPM motor that may satisfy a class IE5 by improving theconventional technology.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Problems to be Solved

An object of an embodiment of the present disclosure is to provide adouble air gap surface permanent magnet synchronous motor with twocontrollers that may double structures of a rotor and a stator toimprove torque performance and may have high efficiency and a high powerdensity that satisfy an international efficiency class IE5 ofInternational Electro-technical Commission (IEC) and may achieve safetyby using two controllers.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a double air gapsurface permanent magnet synchronous motor with two controllers,includes a first stator configured to include first protrusions formedon a first inner circumferential surface, a first rotor configured toinclude a first outer circumferential surface facing the first innercircumferential surface, first permanent magnets arranged on the firstouter circumferential surface, a second rotor integrally connected tothe first rotor to correspond to an inside of the first rotor andconfigured to include a second inner circumferential surface, secondpermanent magnets arranged on the second inner circumferential surface,a second stator configured to include second protrusions formed on asecond outer circumferential surface formed to face the second innercircumferential surface, a partition wall portion formed at a boundarybetween the first rotor and the second rotor, a first controller forcontrolling a first winding wire wound around the first protrusions, anda second controller for controlling a second winding wire wound aroundthe second protrusions.

Advantages of Invention

According to the present disclosure, a high power density and a hightorque may be obtained by including a double air gap structure.

In addition, a cogging torque may be reduced more than in the past bythe double air gap structure.

In addition, efficiency may be increased by improving a material of thedouble air gap structure under the same conditions.

In addition, two controllers are provided and even when one of the twocontrollers fails, the other controller may perform control.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a surface-attached magnetic motoraccording to the conventional art.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an international efficiency class ofInternational Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

FIG. 3 is an exemplary cross-sectional view illustrating a conventionalsurface permanent magnet synchronous motor (SPMSM) and a proposed doubleair gap SPMSM.

FIG. 4 is a graph illustrating a back electromotive force of theconventional SPMSM and the proposed double air gap SPMSM.

FIG. 5 is a graph illustrating cogging torques of the conventional SPMSMand the proposed double air gap SPMSM.

FIG. 6 is a graph illustrating core losses (iron losses) of theconventional SPMSM and the proposed double air gap SPMSM.

FIG. 7 illustrates graphs of magnetic flux densities of the conventionalSPMSM and the proposed double air gap SPMSM.

FIG. 8 is a graph illustrating losses of permanent magnet of theconventional SPMSM and the proposed double air gap SPMSM.

FIG. 9 is a graph illustrating torque of the conventional SPMSM and theproposed double air gap SPMSM.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a specification of a conventionalSPMSM(I).

FIG. 11 is a graph illustrating result values of the conventionalSPMSM(I).

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a specification of a conventionalSPMSM(II).

FIG. 13 is a graph illustrating result values of the conventionalSPMSM(II).

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating specifications of the conventionalSPMSM(II) and a conventional SPMSM(III).

FIG. 13 is a graph illustrating result values of the conventionalSPMSM(II).

FIG. 14 is a graph illustrating result values of the conventionalSPMSM(III).

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a specification of a proposed doubleair gap SPMSM(IV).

FIG. 16 is a graph illustrating result values of the proposed double airgap SPMSM(IV).

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a specification of a proposed doubleair gap SPMSM(V).

FIG. 18 is a graph illustrating result values of the proposed double airgap SPMSM(V).

FIG. 19 is an exemplary cross-sectional view illustrating a double airgap SPMSM with two controllers, according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 20 is an enlarged view of a portion “Q” of FIG. 19 .

FIG. 21 is an exemplary longitudinal sectional view illustrating thedouble air gap SPMSM including the two controllers, according to anembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a magnetic flux direction illustratingthe double air gap SPMSM with two controllers, according to anembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 23 is an exemplary view illustrating a winding direction for aphase for an A phase of three phases for explaining the double air gapSPMSM with two controllers, according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIGS. 24 and 25 are circuit diagrams illustrating the double air gapSPMSM with two controllers, according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 26 is an exemplary view illustrating a partition wall portion of adouble air gap SPMSM with two controllers, according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure.

EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will bedescribed in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings suchthat those of ordinary skill in the art may easily implement the presentdisclosure. However, the present disclosure may be implemented invarious forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

The terminology used herein is only for referring to specificembodiments and is not intended to limit the present disclosure.Singular forms used herein also include plural forms unless the phrasesclearly indicate the opposite. The meaning of “including” used in thespecification specifies a specific characteristic, a region, an integer,a step, an operation, an element, and/or a component, and does notexclude other specific characteristics, regions, integers, steps,operations, elements, components, and/or existence or addition of agroup.

Although not defined differently, all terms including technical andscientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonlyunderstood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the presentdisclosure belongs. Terms defined in a commonly used dictionary areadditionally interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the relatedtechnical literature and the presently disclosed content and are notinterpreted in an ideal or very formal meaning unless defined.

Embodiments of the present disclosure described with reference to thedrawings specifically represent ideal embodiments of the presentdisclosure. As a result, various variations of the illustration areexpected, for example variations in manufacturing methods and/orspecifications. Accordingly, the embodiments are not limited to aspecific shape of the illustrated portion, and include, for example, amodification of the shape according to manufacturing. Portionsillustrated or described as being flat may have generally coarse andnon-linear characteristics.

In addition, portions illustrated as having a sharp angle may berounded. Accordingly, the portions illustrated in the drawings areoriginally only approximate, and their shapes are not intended toillustrate exact shapes of the portions and are not intended to narrowthe scope of the present disclosure.

Note that the drawings are schematic and have not been drawn to scale.Relative dimensions and ratios of portions in the drawings areexaggerated or reduced in size for the sake of clarity and conveniencein the drawings, and any dimensions are merely exemplary and notlimiting. In addition, the same reference numerals are used for the samestructure, element, or component illustrated in two or more drawings tocorrespond or indicate similar features in different embodiments.

Because it is required to constantly increase efficiency of a motor thatis an effective apparatus for reducing consumption of greenhouse gas andconsumes more than 54% of power, the present disclosure proposes adesign of a double air gap type surface permanent magnet synchronousmotor (SPMSM) with high efficiency and a high-power density thatsatisfies an international efficiency class IE5 of InternationalElectro-technical Commission (IEC).

A conventional SPMSM has an inter rotor type structure or an outer rotortype structure in which a rotor is outside or inside the SPMSM asillustrated in (a) of FIG. 3 .

A structure proposed by the present disclosure has a double air gapstructure using a rotor yoke illustrated in (b) of FIG. 3 modified froman inter rotor type structure of the conventional SPMSM illustrated in(a) of FIG. 3 in order to increase efficiency and a power density.

Characteristics of the conventional structure and the proposed structureof the present disclosure were analyzed through finite elements method(FEM), and results thereof are compared as follows.

Introduction

As a change in climate due to excessive greenhouse gas emissions emergesseriously, a paradigm of energy policy is rapidly shifting by focusingon energy demand management such as energy saving to reduce greenhousegas emissions and an increase in efficiency of use.

A motor accounts for more than 54% of the total power consumption.

With the development of core technology of a motor, increases inperformance such as miniaturization, light weight, low noise, lowvibration, and high efficiency of the motor are steadily being made, andan increase in efficiency is continuously required as effective meansfor saving energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions according to anew climate agreement.

FIG. 2 illustrates an international efficiency class of theInternational Electro-technical Commission (IEC), and the presentdisclosure is proposed by designing a double air gap type SPMSM tosatisfy the IE5 class.

According to the present disclosure, efficiency and a power density ofthe conventional structure and the proposed structure were analyzed forcharacteristics based on the FEM, and performance is compared.

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2.1 Structures and Characteristic Analysis of Conventional SPMSM andProposed SPMSM

In a case of a conventional SPMSM and a proposed SPMSM, an outerdiameter of a stator and a stacking length are the same, and detaileddesign structures of each are shown in Table 1.

TABLE 1 Parameter Value Unit Number of stator slots 24 slot Number ofpoles 20 pole Stator outer diameter 200 mm Shaft outer diameter 20 mmAir gap 0.8 mm PM height 4 mm Stack length 15 mm Number of turns perphase 16 turn Number of parallel paths 2 path Number of parallel wires10 turn (strands in hand)

FIG. 3 illustrates structures of a conventional SPMSM and a proposedSPMSM including 24 slots and 20 poles.

In a case of materials of a conventional structure and a proposedstructure, 35PN380 of POSCO′ was applied and is compared.

In addition, in a case of the proposed structure, an additional 20PN1500was applied, and characteristics of a material 35PN380 of theconventional SPMSM and materials 35PN380 and 20PN1500 of the proposedSPMSM were analyzed and are compared with each other.

For reference, 35PN380 is a non-oriented electrical steel sheetmanufactured by a company (POSCO) and has a standard dimension, amagnetic property, and so on with a thickness of 0.35±0.05 mm, a densityof 7.65±0.1 kg/cm², a core loss of 3.80 W/kg or less, a magnetic fluxdensity of 1.62 or more, and a conductor-occupying ratio of 95% or more.

In addition, 20PN1500 is a non-oriented electrical steel sheetmanufactured by the company (POSCO) and has a standard dimension,magnetic property, and so on with a thickness of 0.20±0.05 mm, a densityof 7.65±0.1 kg/cm², a core loss of 15.0 W/kg or less, a magnetic fluxdensity of 1.62 or more, and a conductor-occupying ratio of 93% or more.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating back electromotive forces (EMFs) of theconventional SPMSM and a proposed SPMSM, and a maximum voltage of35PN380 of the conventional SPMSM is 12.01 V, and a maximum voltage of20PN1500 of the proposed SPMSM is 20.32 V.

FIG. 5 illustrates cogging torques of the conventional SPMSM and theproposed SPMSM.

In a case of the conventional SPMSM, the cogging torque is 145.68 mNm,and in a case of the SPMSM proposed by the present disclosure, 102.37mNm when the material is 35PN380, and 93.4 mNm when the material is20PN1500.

When compared with the conventional SPMSM, a cogging torque of thematerial 35PN380 of the proposed SPMSM is reduced by 29.7%, and acogging torque of the material 20PN1500 of the proposed SPMSM is reducedby 35.9%.

FIG. 6 illustrates core losses of the conventional SPMSM and of theproposed SPMSM.

The conventional SPMSM has a core loss of 51.52 W, the material 35PN380proposed by the present disclosure has a core loss of 91.4 W, and thematerial 20PN1500 proposed by the present disclosure has a core loss of67.8 W.

When compared with the conventional SPMSM, a core loss of the material35PN380 of the proposed SPMSM is increased by 43.6% and a core loss ofthe material 20PN1500 thereof is increased by 24.01%.

As illustrated in FIG. 7 , it is determined that a core loss increasesto a high saturation of a magnetic flux density of a core loss due to anincreased winding wire (see (a) and (b) of FIG. 7 ) more than theconventional SPMSM (see (a) of FIG. 7 ).

FIG. 8 illustrates losses of permanent magnet of the conventional SPMSMand the proposed SPMSM.

The conventional SPMSM has a loss of permanent magnet of 9.14 W, thematerial 35PN380 of the proposed SPMSM has a loss of permanent magnet of14.4 W, and the material 20PN1500 thereof has a loss of permanent magnetof 17.78 W.

The proposed SPMSM is determined to have an increased loss of permanentmagnet due to the permanent magnet having a loss of permanent magnetincreased by 1.7 times the conventional SPMSM.

In the proposed SPMSM, the loss of permanent magnet of the material20PN1500 is increased more than the loss of permanent magnet of thematerial 35PN380.

This is a result of the increased burden on the permanent magnet due toa low saturation level of a magnetic flux density of an iron core.

FIG. 9 illustrates rated torques of the conventional SPMSM and theproposed SPMSM.

The rated torque of the conventional SPMSM is 4.42 Nm.

When compared with the conventional SPMSM, a rated torque of thematerial 35PN380 of the proposed SPMSM is increased by 37% to 7.02 Nm,and a rated torque of the material 20PN1500 thereof is increased by36.67% to 6.98 Nm.

Table 2 indicates a performance comparison table of the conventionalSPMSM and the proposed SPMSM.

TABLE 2 Conventional Proposed Proposed Parameter (35PN380) (35PN380)(20PN1500) Stator current frequency, Hz 500 ← ← Rotor speed, rpm 3,000 ←← Electromagnetic torque, Nm 4.42 7.02 6.98 Output power, W 1301.962058.35 2066.24 Input, power, W 1413.33 2249.65 2237.08 Efficiency, %92.12 91.45 94.23 Wingding losses, W 24.7 44.25 44.25 Core losses, W51.52 91.4 67.8 Losses in PMs, W 9.14 14.4 17.78 Mechanical losses, W25.96 41.24 41.01 Stator current density, A/mm² 4.818 9.636 9.636 Massof Cu, kg 0.4421 0.7032 0.7032 Mass of Fe, kg 0.1958 4.2376 4.2376 Massof PM, kg 0.1958 0.4945 0.4945 Total mass, kg 4.4036 5.4353 5.4353 Powerdensity, kW/kg 0.2956 0.3787 0.3801

The conventional SPMSM has a loss lower than the proposed structurebecause a core loss thereof is 51.52 W, a loss of permanent magnetthereof is 9.14 W, and a mechanical loss thereof is 25.96 W, and has apower density lower than the proposed structure because the powerdensity is 0.2956 kW/kg.

The material 35PN380 of the proposed SPMSM has the power density of0.3801 kW/kg which is higher than the conventional SPMSM but has a coreloss of 91.4 W, the loss of permanent magnet of 14.4 W, and themechanical loss of 41.24 W due to a double stator structure, which hasefficiency of 91.45%, that is slightly lower than the conventional SPMSMby 0.72%, and thus, similar efficiency is obtained.

The material 20PN1500 of the proposed SPMSM has a core loss of 67.8%,which is greater than the core loss of the conventional SPMSM but has anoutput of 2066.24 W which is the same output as the material 35PN380,and thus, an output is increased by 37% when compared with theconventional SPMSM.

In addition, efficiency of the material 20PN1500 of the proposed SPMSMis increased to 94.23% by 2.23%, and a power density thereof isincreased to 0.3801 kW/kg by 22.23%.

In more detail, as illustrated in FIG. 10 , a conventional SPMSM(I) ofan inter rotor type including a rotor having permanent magnets facing aninner circumference of a stator is as follows.

TABLE 3 SPMSM(I) Parameter Value Stator current frequency, Hz 500 Rotorspeed, rpm 3,000 Shaft torque, Nm 4.14 Electromagnetic torque, Nm 4.42Shaft power(Output Power), 1301.96 W Input electric power, W (2π ×(3000/60) × 4.42) + (50 × 50 × 0.0033 × 3) 1413.33 Efficiency, %(1301.96/1413.33) × 100 92.12 Winding losses, W (50 × 50 × 0.0033 × 3)24.75 Core losses, W 51.52 Losses in PMs, W 9.14 Mechanical losses, W25.96 Stator current, A rms 50 Stator current density, A/mm²(50/2)/(0.4064 × 0.4064 × 3.14) × 10 = 4.818 4.818 Mass of Cu, kg 0.4421Mass of Fe, kg (Stator_Fe(1.7886) + Rotor_Fe(1.9771)) 2.0937 Mass of PM,kg 0.1958 Total mass(Eim components), 4.4036 kg Power density, kW/kg(1.30196/4.4036) 0.2956

FIG. 10 illustrates a structure of a conventional SPMSM(I) including 24slots and 20 poles.

In addition, a material of the conventional SPMSM(I) is 35PN380.

For reference, 35PN380 is a non-oriented electrical steel sheetmanufactured by a company (POSCO) and has a standard dimension, amagnetic property, and so on with a thickness of 0.35 mm, a density of7.65 kg/cm², a core loss of 3.80 W/kg or less, a magnetic flux densityof 1.62 or more, and a conductor-occupying ratio of 95% or more.

FIG. 11 illustrates a back EMF, a core loss, a loss of permanent magnet,and a rated torque of the conventional SPMSM(I).

In addition, the conventional SPMSM(I) has a maximum voltage of back EMFof 12.01 V, a core loss of 51.52 W, a loss of permanent magnet of 9.14W, a cogging torque of 145.68 mNm, and a rated torque of 4.42 Nm.

In addition, the conventional SPMSM(I) has similar or lower results in amaterial 20PN1500.

Next, as illustrated in FIG. 12 , a conventional SPMSM(II) of an outerrotor type including a rotor having permanent magnets facing an outercircumference of a stator is as follows.

The conventional SPMSM(II) is formed in a direction from which a windingwire goes out, that is, a direction in which torque collision occurs.

TABLE 4 SPMSM(II) Parameter Value Stator current frequency, Hz 500 Rotorspeed, rpm 3,000 Shaft torque, Nm 5.27 Electromagnetic torque, Nm 5.69Shaft power (output power), 1656.49 W Input electric power, W (2π ×(3000/60) × 5.69) + (50 × 50 × 0.0026 × 3) 1,807.06 Efficiency, %(1,656.49/1,807.06) × 100% 91.66 Winding losses, W (50 × 50 × 0.0026) ×3 19.5 Core losses, W 77.78 Losses in PMs, W 19.87 Mechanical losses, W33.42 Stator current, A rms 50 Stator current density, A/mm²(50/2)/(0.4064 × 0.4064 × 3.14) × 10 = 4.818 4.818 Mass of Cu, kg 0.2611Mass of Fe, kg (Stator_Fe(1.6047) + Rotor_Fe(0.5392)) 2.1439 Mass of PM,kg 0.2987 Total mass (Eim components), 2.7037 kg Power density, kW/kg(1.65649/2.7037) 0.6126

FIG. 12 illustrates a structure of a conventional SPMSM(II) including 24slots and 20 poles.

In addition, a material of the conventional SPMSM(II) is 35PN380.

FIG. 13 illustrated a back EMF, a core loss, a loss of permanent magnet,and a rated torque of the conventional SPMSM(II).

In addition, the conventional SPMSM(II) has a maximum voltage of a backelectromotive force of 17.01 V, a core loss of 77.78 W, a loss ofpermanent magnet of 19.87 W, and so on, and a rated torque is 5.69 Nmbut is offset because actual collision with a magnetic flux.

In addition, the conventional SPMSM(II) has similar or lower resultseven in the material 20PN1500.

Next, a conventional SPMSM(III) of an outer rotor type including a rotorhaving permanent magnets facing an outer circumference of a stator is asfollows.

The conventional SPMSM(III) is formed in a direction into which awinding wire goes.

TABLE 5 SPMSM(III) Parameter Value Stator current frequency, Hz 500Rotor speed, rpm 3,000 Shaft torque, Nm 2.6 Electromagnetic torque, Nm2.73 Shaft power (output power), 817.75 W Input electric power, W (2π ×(3000/60) × 2.73) + (50 × 50 × 0.0026 × 3) 877.15 Efficiency, %(817.75/877.15) × 100% 93.22 Winding losses, W (50 × 50 × 0.0026) × 319.5 Core losses, W 26.55 Losses in PMs, W 6.97 Mechanical losses, W16.4 Stator current, A rms 50 Stator current density, A/mm²(50/2)/(0.4064 × 0.4064 × 3.14) × 10 = 4.818 4.818 Mass of Cu, kg 0.2611Mass of Fe, kg (Stator_Fe(1.6047) + Rotor_Fe(0.5392)) 2.1439 Mass of PM,kg 0.2987 Total mass (Eim components), 2.7037 kg Power density, kW/kg(0.81775/2.7037) 0.3024

FIG. 14 illustrates a back EMF, a core loss, a loss of permanent magnet,and a rated torque of the conventional SPMSM(III).

In addition, the conventional SPMSM(III) has a maximum voltage of a backEMF of 8.01 V, a core loss of 26.55 W, a loss of permanent magnet of6.97 W, a cogging torque of 50.68 mNm, and so on, and a rated torquethereof is 2.73 Nm.

In addition, the conventional SPMSM(III) has similar or lower resultseven in the material 20PN1500.

Next, as illustrated in FIG. 15 , the proposed SPMSM(IV) has a doubleair gap type.

In addition, the proposed SPMSM(IV) includes a pair of 24 slots and apair of 20 poles. Here, a material of the SPMSM(IV) is 35PN380.

TABLE 6 SPMSM(IV) Parameter Value Stator current 500 frequency, Hz Rotorspeed, rpm 3,000 Shaft torque, Nm 6.55 Electromagnetic 7.02 torque, NmShaft power, W 2058.35 Input electric (2π × (3000/60) × 7.02) + (50 × 50× (0.0033 + power, W 0.0026) × 3) 2,249.65 Efficiency, %(2058.35/2,249.64) × 100% 91.45 Winding losses, W (50 × 50 × (0.0033 +0.0026) × 3) 44.25 Core losses, W 91.4 Losses in PMs, W 14.4 Mechanicallosses, W 41.24 Stator current, A rms 50 Stator current density,(50/2)/(0.4064 × 0.4064 × 3.14) × 10 × 2 = 9.636 A/mm² 9.636 Mass of Cu,kg Outer_Stator_Cu(0.4421) + Inner_Rotor_Fe(0.2611) 0.7032 Mass of Fe,kg (Outer_Stator_Fe(1.7886) + Outer_Rotor_Fe(0.3051) + Inner StatorFe(1.6047) + Inner_Rotor Fe(0.5392)) 2.0937 + 2.1439 = 4.2376 Mass ofPM, kg Outer Stator_PM(0.1958) + Inner_Rotor_PM(0.2987) 0.4945 Totalmass (EIm 5.4353 components), kg Power density, kW/kg (2.05835/5.4353)0.3787

As illustrated in FIG. 16 , the SPMSM(IV) proposed by the presentdisclosure has a maximum voltage of 20 V, a cogging torque of 102.37 mNmwhich is reduced by 29.7% when compared with the conventional SPMSM(I),a core loss of 91.4 W, and a loss of permanent magnet of 14.4 W.

In addition, the SPMSM(IV) proposed by the present disclosure has arated torque of 7.02 Nm, which is increased by 37% when compared withthe conventional SPMSM.

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 17 , the proposed SPMSM(V) has adouble air gap type.

In addition, the proposed SPMSM(V) has a pair of 24 slots and a pair of20 poles.

Here, a material of the SPMSM(V) is 20PN1500.

TABLE 7 SPMSM(V) Parameter Value Stator current 500 frequency, Hz Rotorspeed, rpm 3,000 Shaft torque, Nm 6.57 Electromagnetic 6.98 torque, NmShaft power (output 2066.24 power), W Input electric (2π × (3000/60) ×6.98) + (50 × 50 × (0.0033 + power, W 0.0026) × 3) 2237.08 Efficiency, %(2066.24/2192.83) × 100% 94.23 Winding losses, W (50 × 50 × (0.0033 +0.0026) × 3) 44.25 Core losses, W 67.8 Losses in PMs, W 17.78 Mechanicallosses, W 41.01 Stator current, A rms 50 Stator current density,(50/2)/(0.4064 × 0.4064 × 3.14) × 10 × 2 = 9.636 A/mm² 9.636 Mass of Cu,kg Outer_Stator_Cu(0.4421) + Inner_Rotor_Fe(0.2611) 0.7032 Mass of Fe,kg (Outer_Stator_Fe(1.7886) + Outer_Rotor_Fe(0.3051) + Inner StatorFe(1.6047) + Inner_Rotor Fe(0.5392)) 2.0937 + 2.1439 = 4.2376 Mass ofPM, kg Outer_Stator PM(0.1958) + Inner_Rotor_PM(0.2987) 0.4945 Totalmass (EIm 5.4353 components), kg Power density, kW/kg (2.06624/5.4353)0.3801

As illustrated in FIG. 18 , the SPMSM(V) proposed by the presentdisclosure has a maximum voltage of 20.32 V, a cogging torque of 93.4mNm which is reduced by 35.9% when compared with the conventionalSPMSM(I), a core loss of 67.8 W, and a loss of permanent magnet of 17.78W.

In addition, the SPMSM(V) proposed by the present disclosure has a ratedtorque of 6.98 Nm, which is increased by 36.67% when compared with theconventional SPMSM.

CONCLUSION

The conventional SPMSM has a low core loss, a low loss of permanentmagnet, a low mechanical loss, and so on, and also has a low powerdensity and a low torque.

Meanwhile, when the material 35PN380, which is the same material as theconventional SPMSM, is used, the proposed motor has a large core lossand an increased loss of permanent magnet due to a double statorstructure, but efficiency similar to the conventional SPMSM is obtainedwhile obtaining a high power density.

In addition, when 20PN1500 is used to reduce a core loss, the core lossis reduced, and a loss of permanent magnet is increased, but efficiencyis increased by 2.23% and a power density increased by 22.23% whencompared with the conventional SPMSM.

FIG. 19 is an exemplary cross-sectional view illustrating a double airgap SPMSM with two controllers according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure, FIG. 20 is an enlarged view of a portion “Q” of FIG. 19 ,FIG. 21 is an exemplary longitudinal sectional view illustrating thedouble air gap SPMSM with two controllers, according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure, and FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a magneticflux direction illustrating the double air gap SPMSM with twocontrollers, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

In addition, FIG. 23 is an exemplary view illustrating a windingdirection for a phase for an A phase of three phases for explaining thedouble air gap SPMSM with two controllers, according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure, FIGS. 24 and 25 are circuit diagramsillustrating the double air gap SPMSM with two controllers, according toan embodiment of the present disclosure, and FIG. 26 is an exemplaryview illustrating a partition wall portion of the double air gap SPMSMwith two controllers, according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

Meanwhile, the drawings may be exaggerated as illustrated in FIG. 21 forthe sake of easy understanding.

As described above, the present disclosure is proposed as follows basedon the above-described experimental results.

As illustrated in FIG. 19 , a double air gap SPMSM 100 with twocontrollers according to an embodiment of the present disclosureincludes a first stator 110, a first rotor 120, and a first permanentmagnet 130, a second rotor 140, a second permanent magnet 150, a secondstator 160, a circular plate member 170, a partition wall portion 180, asleeve portion 190, a first controller 210, and a second controller 220.

As illustrated in FIGS. 19 and 20 , the first stator 110 includes firstprotrusions 110 p formed on a first inner circumferential surface 110 s.

Here, the first protrusions 110 p each have a T shape and are formed tobe spaced apart at regular intervals on the first inner circumferentialsurface 110 s.

In addition, in the first rotor 120, a first outer circumferentialsurface 120 s is formed to face the first inner circumferential surface110 s.

Meanwhile, the first rotor 120 is a non-oriented electrical steel sheetmanufactured by stacking multiple silicon steel sheets or manufacturedby a company (POSCO), such as 35PN380, and has a standard dimension, amagnetic property, and so on with a thickness of 0.35±0.05 mm, a densityof 7.65±0.1 kg/cm², a core loss of 3.80 W/kg or less, a magnetic fluxdensity of 1.62 or more, and a conductor-occupying ratio of 95% or more.

In addition, a plurality of first permanent magnets 130 are arranged onthe first outer circumferential surface 120 s.

In particular, the first permanent magnets 130 include N-poles (blue)and S-poles (red) alternately arranged at equal intervals on the firstouter circumferential surface 120 s.

In addition, the second rotor 140 is integrally connected to the firstrotor 120 while corresponding inward, to form a second innercircumferential surface 140 s.

Meanwhile, the second rotor 240 is a non-oriented electrical steel sheetmanufactured by stacking multiple silicon steel sheets or manufacturedby a company (POSCO), such as 35PN380, and has a standard dimension, amagnetic property, and so on, with a thickness of 0.35±0.05 mm, adensity of 7.65±0.1 kg/cm², a core loss of 3.80 W/kg or less, a magneticflux density of 1.62 or more, and a conductor-occupying ratio of 95% ormore.

In addition, a plurality of second permanent magnets 150 are arranged onthe second inner circumferential surface 140 s.

In particular, the second permanent magnets 150 include N-poles (blue)and S-poles (red) alternately arranged at equal intervals on the secondinner circumferential surface 140 s, and are arranged in an oppositepolarity to the first permanent magnets 130.

In addition, the number of the second permanent magnets 150 is the sameas the number of the first permanent magnets 130 and is less than thenumber of the first protrusions 110 p or second protrusions 160 p.

In addition, the number of poles proposed by the present disclosure isthe number of first permanent magnets 130 or second permanent magnets150.

In addition, the second stator 160 includes the second protrusions 160 pformed on the second outer circumferential surface 160 s facing thesecond inner circumferential surface 140 s.

Here, the second protrusions 160 p each have a T shape and are spacedapart at regular intervals on the second outer circumferential surface160 s.

In addition, the number of second protrusions 160 p is the same as thenumber of first protrusions 110 p.

Meanwhile, although the present disclosure is configured to include 24first protrusions 110 p and 20 first permanent magnets 120, the numberof first protrusions 110 p and the number of first permanent magnets 120may be changed as necessary.

As illustrated in FIG. 20 , a first air gap portion t01 has apredetermined air gap between the first stator 110 and the first rotor120, and the air gap has a size of 0.8±0.1 mm.

In addition, a second air gap portion t02 has a predetermined air gapbetween the second stator 160 and the second rotor 140 and the air gaphas a size of 0.8±0.1 mm.

In addition, the first and second rotors 120 and 140 according toanother embodiment of the present disclosure are electrical steel sheetshaving a thickness of 0.20±0.05 mm, and are formed of a material havinga density of 7.65±0.1 kg/cm², a core loss of 15.0 W/kg or less, amagnetic flux density of 1.62 or more, and a conductor-occupying ratioof 93% or more.

That is, the first and second rotors 120 and 140 are non-orientedelectrical steel sheets manufactured by a company (POSCO), such as20PN1500, and has a standard dimension, a magnetic property, and so onwith a thickness of 0.20±0.05 mm, a density of 7.65±0.1 kg/cm², a coreloss of 15.0 W/kg or less, a magnetic flux density of 1.62 or more, anda conductor-occupying ratio of 93% or more.

As illustrated in FIG. 21 , the first and second rotors 120 and 140rotate while being fixed to the circular plate member 170 having arotation shaft 170 r formed on one side thereof.

That is, in the present disclosure, the first and second rotors 120 and140 are rotated by currents applied to winding wires 110 w and 160 w ofthe first and second stators 110 and 160, and the rotating force thereofis transmitted to the circular plate member 170, and thereby thecircular plate member 170 rotates.

In particular, as illustrated in FIG. 22 , the partition wall portion180 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is formed at aboundary between the first and second rotors 120 and 140, a magneticflux generated from the first and second permanent magnets 130 and 150is blocked to prevent mutual collision, and thus, performance such as apower density is increased.

At this time, the partition wall portion 180 is formed of a non-magneticmaterial such as stainless to prevent a magnetic flux of the firstpermanent magnet 130 from invading the second rotor 140 and to prevent amagnetic flux of the second permanent magnet 150 from invading the firstrotor 120.

As illustrated in FIG. 21 and FIGS. 23 to 25 , the first and secondcontrollers 210 and 220 proposed by the present disclosure are furtherprovided.

In addition, the first controller 210 is connected to the first windingwire 110 w, and the second controller 220 is connected to the secondwinding wire 160 w.

Here, FIG. 23 schematically illustrates a winding flux when an A phaseis used among three phases, and circuit diagrams thereof are illustratedin FIGS. 24 and 25 .

Conventionally, one controller controls the entire current flow, andthus, there is a problem in that a motor cannot operate completely whena part of the motor is damaged.

Accordingly, the present disclosure includes two controllers, and thefirst controller 210 controls the first winding wire 110 w wound aroundthe first protrusion 110 p, and the second controller 220 controls thesecond winding wire 160 w wound around the protrusion 160 p, and thus,even when any one of the first and second controllers 210 and 220 fails,the other of the first and second controllers 210 and 220 may controlrotations of the first and second rotors 120 and 140 which areintegrally formed.

As illustrated in FIG. 26 , the present disclosure further includes thesleeve portion 190, thereby solving a problem that the first permanentmagnet 130 in an outer edge is easily detached by a centrifugal force oris damaged by bumping during rotation, or a problem that the secondpermanent magnet 150 in an inner edge is out of rotation due to acentripetal force or is damaged by colliding with surroundings.

That is, the sleeve portion 190 proposed by the present disclosureincludes a first sleeve portion 190 a and a second sleeve portion 190 b.

In addition, the first sleeve portion 190 a may have a hollowcylindrical shape with open front and rear portions, may be formed of ametal material having a predetermined thickness for protecting the firstpermanent magnet 130 while wrapping around an outer edge of the firstpermanent magnet 130 to prevent the first permanent magnet 130 frombeing detached, and may have a predetermined tensile force to firmlycover the first permanent magnet 130.

In addition, the second sleeve portion 190 b may have a hollowcylindrical shape with open front and rear portions, may be formed of ametal material having a predetermined thickness for protecting thesecond permanent magnet 150 while wrapping around an outer edge of thefirst permanent magnet 130 to support the first permanent magnet 130 toprevent the first permanent magnet 130 from being detached, and may havea predetermined tensile force to firmly cover the first permanent magnet130.

In summary, a double air gap surface permanent magnet synchronous motor100 with two controllers according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure, includes a first stator 110 including first protrusions 110p formed on a first inner circumferential surface 110 s, a first rotor120 including a first outer circumferential surface 120 s facing thefirst inner circumferential surface 110 s, first permanent magnets 130arranged on the first outer circumferential surface 120 s, a secondrotor 140 integrally connected to the first rotor 120 to correspond toan inside of the first rotor 120 and including a second innercircumferential surface 140 s, second permanent magnets 150 arranged onthe second inner circumferential surface 140 s, a second stator 160including second protrusions 160 p formed on a second outercircumferential surface 160 s formed to face the second innercircumferential surface 140 s, and a partition wall portion 180 formedat a boundary between the first rotor 120 and the second rotor 140.

In addition, the first controller 210 for electrically controlling thefirst winding wire 110 w wound around the first protrusion 110 p, andthe second controller 220 for electrically controlling the secondwinding wire 160 w wound around the second protrusion 160 p are furtherprovided to allow the other of the first and second controllers 210 and220 which are formed integrally with each other to control rotations ofthe first and second rotors 120 and 140 when any one of the first andsecond controllers 210 and 220 fails.

In addition, the first air gap portion t01 has a predetermined spacebetween the first stator 110 and the first rotor 120, and the second airgap portion t02 has a predetermined space between the second stator 160and the second rotor 140.

In addition, the first permanent magnets 130 include N-poles and S-polesalternately arranged at equal intervals on the first outercircumferential surface 120 s, and the second permanent magnets 150include N-poles and S-poles alternately arranged at equal intervals onthe second inner circumferential surface 140 s and are arranged inopposite polarity to the first permanent magnets 130.

In addition, the number of first protrusions 110 p is the same as thenumber of second protrusions 160 p, and the number of first permanentmagnets 130 is the same as the number of second permanent magnets 150and is less than the number of first protrusions 110 p.

In addition, the first protrusions 110 p each have a T shape and arespaced apart from each other at regular intervals on the first innercircumferential surface 110 s, and the second protrusions 160 p eachhave a T shape and are spaced apart from each other at regular intervalson the second outer circumferential surface 160 s.

In addition, there are 24 first protrusions 110 p and 20 first permanentmagnets 120.

In addition, the first and second rotors 120 and 140 are electricalsteel sheets having a thickness of 0.20±0.05 mm, and has a density of7.65±0.1 kg/cm², a core loss of 15.0 W/kg or less, a magnetic fluxdensity of 1.62 or more, and a conductor-occupying ratio of 93% or more.

In addition, the first and second rotors 120 and 140 rotate while beingfixed to the circular plate member 170 having the rotation shaft 170 rformed on one side thereof.

In addition, the partition wall portion 180 blocks mutual magneticfluxes generated from the first and second permanent magnets 130 and150.

In addition, the partition wall portion 180 is formed of a non-magneticmaterial.

In addition, the first sleeve portion 190 a having a hollow cylindricalshape with open front and rear portions and having a predeterminedthickness for protecting the first permanent magnet 130 while wrappingaround an outer edge of the first permanent magnet 130 to prevent thefirst permanent magnet 130 from being detached, and the second sleeveportion 190 b having a hollow cylindrical shape with open front and rearportions and having a predetermined thickness for protecting the secondpermanent magnet 150 while wrapping around an inner edge of the secondpermanent magnet 150 to prevent the second permanent magnet 150 frombeing detached.

In addition, the first and second sleeve portions 190 a and 190 b areformed of metal.

Accordingly, the double air gap surface permanent magnet synchronousmotor 100 with two controllers according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure may obtain the following effects.

According to the present disclosure, there is an advantage in that ahigh power density and a high torque are obtained because a double airgap structure is provided.

In addition, there is an advantage in that a cogging torque may bereduced more than in the past by the double air gap structure.

In addition, there is an advantage of increasing efficiency by improvinga material of the double air gap structure under the same conditions.

In addition, the partition wall portion 180 blocks mutual magneticfluxes generated from the first and second permanent magnets, and thus,a high torque is generated.

In addition, there is an advantage in that two controllers are providedand even when one of the two controllers fails, the other controller mayperform control.

In addition, there is an advantage of preventing the first and secondpermanent magnets 130 and 150 from being detached by using thecylindrical sleeve portion 190.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea ofthe present disclosure, and those skilled in the technical field towhich the present disclosure belongs may make various modifications,changes, and substitutions within the scope not departing from theessential characteristics of the present disclosure.

Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed in the present disclosure and theaccompanying drawings are not intended to limit the technical idea ofthe present disclosure but to describe the technical idea, and the scopeof the technical idea of the present disclosure is not limited by theembodiments and the accompanying drawings.

The scope of protection of the present disclosure should be interpretedby the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scopeequivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the scope ofthe present disclosure.

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-   -   100: motor proposed by the present disclosure    -   110: first stator    -   120: first rotor    -   130: first permanent magnet    -   140: second rotor    -   150: second permanent magnet    -   160: second stator    -   170: circular plate member    -   180: partitioning wall portion    -   190: sleeve portion    -   210: first controller    -   220: second controller

What is claimed is:
 1. A double air gap surface permanent magnetsynchronous motor with two controllers, comprising: a first statorconfigured to include first protrusions formed on a first innercircumferential surface; a first rotor configured to include a firstouter circumferential surface facing the first inner circumferentialsurface; first permanent magnets arranged on the first outercircumferential surface; a second rotor integrally connected to thefirst rotor to correspond to an inside of the first rotor and configuredto include a second inner circumferential surface; second permanentmagnets arranged on the second inner circumferential surface; a secondstator configured to include second protrusions formed on a second outercircumferential surface formed to face the second inner circumferentialsurface; a partition wall portion formed at a boundary between the firstrotor and the second rotor; a first controller for controlling a firstwinding wire wound around the first protrusions; and a second controllerfor controlling a second winding wire wound around the secondprotrusions, wherein a first air gap portion of a predetermined space isformed between the first stator and the first rotor, wherein a secondair gap portion of a predetermined space is formed between the secondstator and the second rotor, wherein the first permanent magnets includeN-poles and S-poles alternately arranged at equal intervals on the firstouter circumferential surface, wherein the second permanent magnetsinclude N-poles and S-poles alternately arranged at equal intervals onthe second inner circumferential surface and are arranged in an oppositepolarity to the first permanent magnets, wherein a number of the firstprotrusions is the same as a number of the second protrusions, thenumber of the first permanent magnets is the same as the number of thesecond permanent magnets and is less than the number of the firstprotrusions, and wherein, when any one of the first controller and thesecond controller fails, the other controller controls rotations of thefirst rotor and the second rotor integrally formed with each other. 2.The double air gap surface permanent magnet synchronous motor with twocontrollers of claim 1, wherein the partition wall portion blocks mutualmagnetic fluxes generated from the first permanent magnets and thesecond permanent magnets.
 3. The double air gap surface permanent magnetsynchronous motor with two controllers of claim 1, wherein the partitionwall portion is formed of a non-magnetic material.
 4. The double air gapsurface permanent magnet synchronous motor with two controllers of claim1, wherein the first rotor and the second rotor are fixed to a circularplate member having a rotation shaft formed on one side thereof torotate.